Etymologicon linguae anglicanae, seu explicatio vocum anglicarum etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex linguis duodecim; Anglo-Saxonica. Runica. Franco-Theotisca. Danica. Belgica. Teutonica recentiori. Cambro-Britanica. Franco-Gallica. Italica. Hispanica. Latina. Graeca

Skinner, Stephano

Published by typis T. Roycroft, & prostant venales apud H. Brome [et al.], Londini, 1671

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First edition, folio, unpaged, and collating ? a B-D? E-V 2A-2U? 2X-2Z 3A-3Y? 3Z? 4A-5V? 5X ; lexicon in double column; contemporary marbled boards neatly rebacked in calf, gilt-lettered direct on spine; the boards rubbed, hinges neatly strengthened; a very good, sound and clean copy. Old manuscript notes in Greek at the top of the approbation leaf, and occasional ink marginalia. Includes sections on botanical etymology, ancient names of English rivers and towns, and obsolete Anglican words. While the Etymologicon of Skinner "appears at first to represent a radical departure from the beaten paths of English lexicography.there was a definite foreshadowing of the sort of work that Skinner published. It represents not something new under the sun of lexicography, but rather a convergence of significant influences. " (Starnes & Noyes, pp. 64-65). Holoyoke, Blount, Phillips and Minsheu had made earlier attempts at compiling English etymologies, but this work was issued at a time when Anglo-Saxon scholarship was being revived, and it had considerable influence over contemporary and later etymologists; its comprehensiveness exceeded that of the earlier lexicographers. Indeed, the work was a major source for Johnson who acknowledges in his Preface his indebtedness to Skinner. Alston V, 353; Graesse VI, p. 420; Wing S3947; Zaunmuller, col. 115.

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• Title: Etymologicon linguae anglicanae, seu explicatio vocum anglicarum etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex linguis duodecim; Anglo-Saxonica. Runica. Franco-Theotisca. Danica. Belgica. Teutonica recentiori. Cambro-Britanica. Franco-Gallica. Italica. Hispanica. Latina. Graeca
• Publisher: typis T. Roycroft, & prostant venales apud H. Brome [et al.], Londini
• Publication Date: 1671
• Edition: 1st Edition
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